Eye health for infants (six months or younger)

Women’s Eye Health

The majority of people who are blind are women! This is partly because women live longer than men so they are exposed to more serious age-related diseases that can result in blindness. However, many women don’t realize how important regular eye examinations are for detecting eye diseases like glaucoma. Hormonal changes throughout a woman’s lifetime can also affect how well her eyes function.

 A school-age child's eyes are constantly in use in the classroom and at play. It's extremely important that children receive a thorough optometric examination before entering school.

This will determine if their vision skills are adequately developed to handle reading, writing and other close work. The visual demands of schoolwork can stress the visual system, causing problems where none existed before. The child's eyes have to adjust from focusing primarily in the distance to focusing on close work for hours on end.